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that's obtained through a contract that the pentagon issues with, i guess, choicepoint? >> it's a different private company but they are basically trying to compile records on students so they can reach out to themnd recruit them into the military. >> what do you think of the pentagon having dossiers on every young person in america, mr. chairman? >> i haven't heard that honestly. it's obviously a huge task and i don't think it's being done in the light that you are talking about. i think they are probably trying to identify those individuals that would be a high risk in terms of potential terror to this country, and i think that's what they are concentrating on. i don't think they are going to the average student and developing a dossier. i their doing a scan mechanism to find out is this particular student a u.s. citizen? is he a student from a country which is hos aisle or wants to indicate or has a past history of trying to hurt the united states? those the students they probably should watch carefully. >> is it engaged in domestic spying with undercover intelligence
that's obtained through a contract that the pentagon issues with, i guess, choicepoint? >> it's a different private company but they are basically trying to compile records on students so they can reach out to themnd recruit them into the military. >> what do you think of the pentagon having dossiers on every young person in america, mr. chairman? >> i haven't heard that honestly. it's obviously a huge task and i don't think it's being done in the light that you are talking...
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we built the pentagon in one year. i don't know if i have towed to the story yet, but i have told it many times. if we wanted to build the pentagon right now, first of all, we would probably not be able to build at. probably some endangered species would stop us. say we got through the process and we finally turned the first spade of dirt and started building a, we would probably not be -- we would be in the vietnam war before we could get the pentagon bill. we have taught ourselves up with so much bureaucracy. tolet's move from budget policy issues. >> let's talk about iraq and whether you think the troops ought to pull out or not. it does not seem like the iraqis at this moment really want us to stay. >> i hope that there is a request to keep some troops there and provide some security. i am not convinced that the iraqis are totally ready to handle all of the security, and we are going to have contractors and state department people and other citizens over there helping the country rebuild. i think that will be put a
we built the pentagon in one year. i don't know if i have towed to the story yet, but i have told it many times. if we wanted to build the pentagon right now, first of all, we would probably not be able to build at. probably some endangered species would stop us. say we got through the process and we finally turned the first spade of dirt and started building a, we would probably not be -- we would be in the vietnam war before we could get the pentagon bill. we have taught ourselves up with so...
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a trillion dollars a year the pentagon's war her war when all. the united states world. and world were people and you could put twenty thirty forty billion dollars out of the pentagon budget for my or my. almost a trillion dollars out of the pentagon budget the pros don't need a war should be going to pass all right but it is unfortunate fortunately our reality is well if those deep cuts go through as you're suggesting as well that how would they affect washington's foreign policy. pentagon and the central intelligence agency which including the two of them are who are going in there are foreign policy change and all they are out of control re your oil resources in the world. and foreign policy including the chair is all about and it's going home and then. put them over these ongoing wars need to be paid for how damaging all the in the domestic cuts. are going to pay for the average american while the money is drugged up to carry on these conflicts. while nobody saying it's all becoming the end when you've already got fourteen percent of the publ
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everything that is except for the pentagon my greatest fear is that in economic tough times the people will see the defense budget as the place to solve the nation's deficit problems i would be very reluctant to cut defense spending until we see really how these two conflicts were and are going to come out worldwide military spending increased by twenty point six billion dollars in two thousand and ten and nineteen point six billion of that was the u.s. alone according to the stock on international peace research institute the u.s. very much sees itself as a global military power it's the only global military superpower. so it perceives it security interests as encompassing the whole world in two thousand and ten the u.s. spent more on its military than the next highest countries combined was both presidents bush and obama have ripped of the wars defense spending in the us has increased eighty one percent since two thousand why this seems to reflect a boy. prioritization of military and military conceptions of security even in the face of such difficult economic times and american earn
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we built the pentagon in one year. i don't know if i've told you this story yet, but i've told it many times. >> that wasn't the house you built. is it? >> no. different story. but if we wanted to build a pentagon right now, first of all, you wouldn't probably be able to build it. it's a swamp out there. probably some endangered species. but say we got through the process, all the court indicateses and everything -- cases and everything, and we finally turn the dirt and started building it. we'd probably not be in world war ii. we probably would be done with korea. we'd probably be in the vietnam war before we could get the pentagon built. we tie you ar -- >> i'm going to jump in. we have about seven minutes left. let's move to policy issues. >> let's talk about iraq and will you think the troops ought to pull out or not. it doesn't seem the iraqis really want to us stay. what's your view? >> i hope that there is a request to keep some troops there to provide some security. i'm not convinced that the iraqis are totally
we built the pentagon in one year. i don't know if i've told you this story yet, but i've told it many times. >> that wasn't the house you built. is it? >> no. different story. but if we wanted to build a pentagon right now, first of all, you wouldn't probably be able to build it. it's a swamp out there. probably some endangered species. but say we got through the process, all the court indicateses and everything -- cases and everything, and we finally turn the dirt and started...
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secret and hidden in the black budgets of the pentagon these covert programs cost many billion dollars a. month technology's benefit from this financing. starfire has been used primarily in the past to do research on satellite tracking also they've done a lot of work in astronomy with the range finding of stars he use the laser to be able to help tell you where the star is and how far away it is in the budget documents from the air force there's also been mention of the use of starfire for anti cell at weapons activities. the air force told congress that it had no intentions of using starfire for anything related to the selling weapons however they are doing it just. to make the laser beam very skinny. and make it stay very stable as it goes up and then to target that on a salad. if you're tracking it sally you don't need a very skinny laser beam in fact what kind of a wide would cause you gave me a tree catch it illegal right. so. many of us here concerned that this kind of a test is actually an anti-satellite weapons test in the skies. in april of two thousand and five the air force
secret and hidden in the black budgets of the pentagon these covert programs cost many billion dollars a. month technology's benefit from this financing. starfire has been used primarily in the past to do research on satellite tracking also they've done a lot of work in astronomy with the range finding of stars he use the laser to be able to help tell you where the star is and how far away it is in the budget documents from the air force there's also been mention of the use of starfire for anti...
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next big battleground to meet the challenge defense secretary donald rumsfeld is making space a top pentagon priority putting a four star general at the head of a new air force space command to take charge of all military space activity including any new anti missile defense pay careful attention to protecting and promoting our interest in space pentagon officials say is the first step toward eventually putting weapons into space. the united states is the leader of the search and development of space weapons possible secret and in the black budgets of the pentagon these covert programs cost many billion dollars a. month technology has benefit from this financing. starfire has been used primarily in the past to do research on satellite tracking also they've done a lot of work in astronomy with range finding of stars he use the laser to be able to help tell you where the star is and how far away. in the budget documents from the air force there's also been mention of the use of star fire for anti satellite weapons. the air force told congress that it had no intentions of using starfire for any
next big battleground to meet the challenge defense secretary donald rumsfeld is making space a top pentagon priority putting a four star general at the head of a new air force space command to take charge of all military space activity including any new anti missile defense pay careful attention to protecting and promoting our interest in space pentagon officials say is the first step toward eventually putting weapons into space. the united states is the leader of the search and development of...
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wars and the expense of education many americans are often all dismal social costs are now small the pentagon refuses to budget for the gigantic defense budget . little. can see this is live from moscow now the fatal terror attack since been sold less than forty eight hours all but according to president bush and co two suspects detained in connection with the monday metro bombing confessed to the explosion however the reasons a motive behind the attack remain all clear the blast killed twelve and left almost two hundred injured. the bomb went off as crowds were coming out of trains during the evening rush hour and the capital's main subway help. bring the groucho of a met some of the victims recovering and. the shoes from when. i started to scream help i was bleeding heavily i'm an injured woman can't be outside into the fresh air i told my nag and didn't leave me until the ambulance arrived that's mine and one might be unaware they saved not only for the life of pure unborn child as well who came here who to leave but on the day i was going to the city center to buy vitamins and terrible it
wars and the expense of education many americans are often all dismal social costs are now small the pentagon refuses to budget for the gigantic defense budget . little. can see this is live from moscow now the fatal terror attack since been sold less than forty eight hours all but according to president bush and co two suspects detained in connection with the monday metro bombing confessed to the explosion however the reasons a motive behind the attack remain all clear the blast killed twelve...
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expensive education many americans are all three dollars is more social cuts are announced all the pentagon refuses to volunteer for the gigantic defense also it's. never our business says the share swap between b.p. and roll c.f. is close to hitting the rocks last may have touched in from the deadline for the deal is not that extended make an announcement concerning its state's authorized it would have warned out of business school it's. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow with me on this have a. terror attack on ballerinas has been sold less than forty eight hours after it happened are going to present a will to suspect detained in connection with the monday metro bombing have confessed to the explosion. the latest. big rollout on tyra's that site has been solved the president's. got people behind but at last at nine pm on tuesday in a sting operation police arrested two suspects both of belorussian origin of the law the bit responsibility of this atrocity up the long hours of interrogation that wasn't us to give us a b. also they will lead to other similar terrorist attac
expensive education many americans are all three dollars is more social cuts are announced all the pentagon refuses to volunteer for the gigantic defense also it's. never our business says the share swap between b.p. and roll c.f. is close to hitting the rocks last may have touched in from the deadline for the deal is not that extended make an announcement concerning its state's authorized it would have warned out of business school it's. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow with...
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bases insights the world why as well as the pentagon's two hundred thirty four golf courses that. means children poor wimmin homeless you know take care of the needs of our population to spend enormous amounts of money on the pentagon budget while we are every program is being cut is just fraudulent in obscene try to put it on the ground bring it out. that the four cents of every dollar americans pay in taxes goes to funding past and future war and for all the tough talk by president obama about making hard choices cutting the budget and closing the deficit gap many americans are wondering when it will be the pentagon's turn to tighten its belt and ford r. t. washington d.c. . where engineers at japan's struggling through the she went nuclear plants have resumed efforts to remove radioactive water it comes after a powerful of the shell crews to leave the area tuesday japan raise them on the ground the facility to the maximum of seven spots across is on the disaster decision was based on new dates or showing more radiation had leaked from whatever previously thought but officials s
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bases and sites world why as well as the pentagon's two hundred thirty four golf courses. fifty one percent of americans polled would rather cut military spending than sacrifice social programs children or wimmin homeless you know take care of the needs of our population to spend enormous amounts of money on the pentagon budget while our every program is being is just fraud to win an obscene right to put it on the ground. they say they feel betrayed by a president was elected and promises to end war where do all these wars they don't even want to say and i think that right there is i'm upset with obama you need a reset button you know we need to change we need the obama administration to do the right thing to stop this attention to continuous military buildup in four cents of every dollar americans pay in taxes goes to funding past and future war and for all the tough talk by president obama about making hard choices cutting the budget and closing the deficit gap many americans are wondering when it will be the pentagon's turn to tighten its belt you know in florida artsy
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bases and sites the world why as well as the pentagon's two hundred thirty four golf courses the. children poor women homeless you know take care of the needs of our population to spend enormous amounts of money on the pentagon budget while we are every program is being cut is just fraudulent in obscene try to put it on the ground really a great deal of the royal. birth that the four cents of every dollar americans pay in taxes goes to funding past and future war and for all the tough talk by president obama about making hard choices cutting the budget and closing the deficit gap many americans are wondering when it will be the pentagon's turn to tighten its belt and forward our t. washington d.c. . still ahead this hour getting tested for the space right. one of the most unpleasant is being stuck in this capsule to the martian. thing that has by the waves over the open sea. can also use correspondent angle of the pressures of real world training find out. as if you're. making headlines this hour under an order given to detain the deposed egyptian leader hosni mubarak as well as t
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the pentagon these interesting africa agenda the one two windows were in libya install an african b. in africa where we have to remember the african headquarters and structure in germany because nobody now africa had quite its peace you know an african country and then the dominoes libya i do we coast we trade sea badly so my salt he said the next day i mean us to fail according to the african pentagon agenda and then leader own the big dominoes the countries where china has substantial investments example. nature i want you. to get a real game so we have to watch how this is going to play out in the medium term the picture you better be certain about it get counter-strategy if they see that they are floundering you know africa because of the military station of a constant being renewed ties with south america and with central asia. so they have really come out states let's focus park in libya and syria and syria the kids here in egypt they got what i wanted the people i talk all the leaders do you think the lives of the syrians will be as successful in their thirst for change what y
the pentagon these interesting africa agenda the one two windows were in libya install an african b. in africa where we have to remember the african headquarters and structure in germany because nobody now africa had quite its peace you know an african country and then the dominoes libya i do we coast we trade sea badly so my salt he said the next day i mean us to fail according to the african pentagon agenda and then leader own the big dominoes the countries where china has substantial...
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bases and sites world why as well as the pentagon's two hundred thirty four golf courses. i mean children who are wimmin homeless you know take care of the needs of our population to spend enormous amounts of money on the pentagon budget or every program is being is just fraudulent in obscene try to put it on the ground. that the percent of every dollar americans pay in taxes goes to finding past and future war and for all the tough talk by president obama about making hard choices cutting the budget and closing the deficit gap many americans are wondering when it will be the pentagon's turn to tighten its belt when ford r. t. washington d.c. . well and they say that international. to decide how to proceed with its military intervention in libya from the u.k. wants to help the assault on colonel down are they considering arming the rebels more an old one from geneva. rector of the translated peace university many being with us here on r.c.l. the may say led coalition has before the two holes the desk writes in libya so far for the civil war there really does seem to remain
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and jake and i will sit down lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer the man whose book was so good the pentagon try to buy every copy yes i'd like to honor p.f.c. manning but contrary to rumor and request i won't be doing it by delivering tonight's show my underwear you're welcome and you're watching out of versus the man. the way. every politician will tell you they support people within the government speaking out against wrongdoing within government whistleblowers those who have the courage to stand up to their chain of command or supervisors to get the truth out and bring accountability were so often there is none tragically that support seems to end the moment the truth being brought to light signs on the corruption of the politicians . such is the case with bradley manning the us army whistleblower accused of leaking documents known as the afghan war diary the iraq war logs and some of verisign state department cables to the end a seriously website wiki leaks well many of those attacking manning have made pretty wild claims about the impact of those documents defense secretary robert gate
and jake and i will sit down lieutenant colonel anthony shaffer the man whose book was so good the pentagon try to buy every copy yes i'd like to honor p.f.c. manning but contrary to rumor and request i won't be doing it by delivering tonight's show my underwear you're welcome and you're watching out of versus the man. the way. every politician will tell you they support people within the government speaking out against wrongdoing within government whistleblowers those who have the courage to...
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bases in sites with world why as well as the pentagon's two hundred thirty four golf courses. it means children poor wimmin homeless you know take care of the needs of our population to spend enormous amounts of money on the pentagon budget while we are every program is being cut is just fraudulent in obscene to put it on the ground real bring it out and write. that the percentage of every dollar americans pay in taxes goes to funding past and future war and for all the tough talk by president obama about making hard choices cutting the budget and closing the deficit gap many americans are wondering when it will be the pentagon's turn to tighten its belt you know in florida r t but into d.c. . engineers a panel struggling fukushima nuclear plants have resumed efforts to remove radioactive water comes off a powerful aftershock forced crews to leave the area on tuesday japan raised around the facility to get back some level of certain spots the crisis in the whole of the chernobyl disaster the decision was based on new data showing great vision for the damaged previously thought
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bases insights the world why as well as the pentagon's chil hundred thirty four golf courses that. children poor women and homeless you know take your or the needs of our population to spend enormous amounts of money on the pentagon budget or every program is being is just rajoy in an obscene right to put it on the. road. that the percent of every dollar americans pay in taxes goes to finding past and future war and for all the tough talk by president obama about making hard choices cutting the budget and closing the deficit gap many americans are wondering when it will be the pentagon's turn to take in its belt and forward our t. washington d.c. . news making headlines this hour a suicide bomber has killed at least ten people in our attack on tribal elders in eastern afghanistan a close ally of president calls i was killed in the blast the attack approached the elders after a meeting before detonating the explosives strapped to his body the taliban denied responsibility for the attack claiming that the victims had their own enemies. the deposed egyptian leader hosni mubarak and hi
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bases insights the world why as well as the pentagon's chil hundred thirty four golf courses. i mean children who are wimmin homeless you know take care of the needs of our population to spend enormous amounts of money on the pentagon budget while we or every program is being cut it's just fraud to lean in obscene try to put it on the ground. that the four cents of every dollar americans pay in taxes goes to funding costs and future war and for all the tough talk by president obama about making hard choices cutting the budget and closing the deficit gap many americans are wondering when it will be the pentagon's turn to tighten its belt here in florida are t. washington d.c. . struggling for. water it comes on after a powerful force cruise to flee the area she's going to pan raised around the missing the maximum level of seven i suppose the crisis on a par with the chernobyl. the decision was based on new data showing more radiation from the damaged previously but officials say. the situation critical meanwhile attempts to restore cooling systems of the reactors appears to be
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replacement over at the pentagon is trying to the joint chiefs with that said i think the trace is a bright enough individual who can adapt and actually maybe even bring some much needed change to make c.i. more adaptive more relevant organization to the conflicts we're currently in tonier these promotions prezzies to human well clearly the patris move to c.i. is i think a lateral transfer at best i think that he's already had the ability to do a lot of things especially given the job he's had but at his job promotion i mean you're talking about a five fold increase in responsibility talking about everything from veterans affairs to strategy to defense acquisition all these things which are clearly you know the huge most and most difficult bureaucracy to control is i think one of the pentagon so yes it's a much larger job and i would argue i'm not sure if his credentials are going to match the responsibilities of that job at this point. that was lieutenant colonel tony shaffer senior fellow at the center for the advanced defense studies. all right well it's been known as the temple o
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guest: we did notify the pentagon. in part notified them because we wanted to see what they could tell us about the photographs, and we also notified them because we knew the reaction might potentially put troops in harm's way. we want to give them a heads up that this was coming. they mostly spoke to was off the record, so i cannot tell you what they said, but in one on the record conversation we pointed to the photographs of the men tied up beside the road, and we wanted to know if they were investigating who those men were, the circumstances under which there were killed, and whether u.s. troops were involved in the desecration of the bodies. basically the response of the pentagon is they have no way of knowing in no way of basically figuring out who the men in the photographs were. that was disturbing, because you could see from some of the related photographs that there were marks on the striker vehicles and other identifying signs that any peace investigator could have to track down what had happened in that inci
guest: we did notify the pentagon. in part notified them because we wanted to see what they could tell us about the photographs, and we also notified them because we knew the reaction might potentially put troops in harm's way. we want to give them a heads up that this was coming. they mostly spoke to was off the record, so i cannot tell you what they said, but in one on the record conversation we pointed to the photographs of the men tied up beside the road, and we wanted to know if they were...
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chief leon panetta heads to the pentagon. while general david petraeus leaves afghanistan to take over in langley. lieutenant general john allen takes petraeus's place in afghanistan, and former ambassador to the iraq ryan crockers joins him there as the top u.s. diplomat. each man has a different career and a different relationship with the white house that can tell us much about how obama policy and about how wars themselves have changed. isn't that right, mark? >> yeah, there's a lot of familiar faces changing jobs. one way to look at it is that there is not going to be a significant change in the policy in the war on afghanistan agent. general petraeus will continue to do his job at c.i.a. and lenient will carry out the counterinsurgencyy policy though he's been somewhat of a skeptic of that poifments the bigger issue is there is a certain interchangeability between the pentagon an the c.i.a. these days. the c.i.a. is in the military business, dropping bombs in pakistan and the military is fanned -- expanding its intellig
chief leon panetta heads to the pentagon. while general david petraeus leaves afghanistan to take over in langley. lieutenant general john allen takes petraeus's place in afghanistan, and former ambassador to the iraq ryan crockers joins him there as the top u.s. diplomat. each man has a different career and a different relationship with the white house that can tell us much about how obama policy and about how wars themselves have changed. isn't that right, mark? >> yeah, there's a lot...
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house who the president wants to cut the pentagon by. and that is former director of o.m.b. how you want so man who when you make the reductions understands the world is just coming from the cia he's been looking at it we want someone who's going to be able to work with congress he's a former congressman and he was a republican before he became a democrat so i can't think of anybody who would have better experience to carry out. president obama's agenda similarly i think by building general petraeus to the cia we've had some differences between the cia and the military about what exactly is happening particularly in afghanistan hopefully general petraeus will be able to bridge that gap now jack i want to get your opinion here what do you think of these and this is i think a lot of people are describing this as a shakeup but if you really think about it it's it's the same faces that are just being put into different positions and you know given an entire. you know you're absolutely right i mean if you think about if you'd rather kate's a
house who the president wants to cut the pentagon by. and that is former director of o.m.b. how you want so man who when you make the reductions understands the world is just coming from the cia he's been looking at it we want someone who's going to be able to work with congress he's a former congressman and he was a republican before he became a democrat so i can't think of anybody who would have better experience to carry out. president obama's agenda similarly i think by building general...
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keeping a lid on things so i think what we're doing now what we're seeing now is handing it to the pentagon because of his political connections with the white house rather than his ability to manage department events or more importantly achieve victory not a war has been said and he pressed about leon panetta ability to shape the pentagon to win the wars we're currently in you know what about the traps you know on one hand he is highly respected highly we seem to leave by a lot of people for the work that he did in afghanistan and iraq the some criticized the cia not only for you know what we've seen in the last few decades not exactly you know obviously the cia and the f.b.i. aren't supposed to work together but there's a lot of holes in organization and strategy that have been brought up for general petraeus it seems like an organized guy do you think that this move was a good one i do and let. that part's first i've been in a room with you know general mcchrystal his predecessor in afghanistan receiving a top secret cia briefing which was totally irrelevant to what we were doing on the
keeping a lid on things so i think what we're doing now what we're seeing now is handing it to the pentagon because of his political connections with the white house rather than his ability to manage department events or more importantly achieve victory not a war has been said and he pressed about leon panetta ability to shape the pentagon to win the wars we're currently in you know what about the traps you know on one hand he is highly respected highly we seem to leave by a lot of people for...
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bases inside the world by as well as the pentagon's two hundred thirty four golf courses that. it needs children poor women and homeless you know to take care of the needs of our population to spend enormous amounts of money on the pentagon budget while we are every program is being is just fraudulent and obscene try to put it on the ground bring it out. that the four cents of every dollar americans pay in taxes goes to funding past and future war and for all the. but meanwhile the u.k. is giving one hundred million pounds of emergency funds to its military forces to support the libyan campaign despite the cuts agreed in temple's defense spending review comes at a time when britain is dramatically slashing social spending actually contributor because we know there's a view that says debating defense cuts will soon be felt and square. well britain's involvement in a new conflict it's impossible to state and the level of defense cuts decided upon last year when still defense needs extra funding but the government has two major obstacles in providing it the first one is how to ens
bases inside the world by as well as the pentagon's two hundred thirty four golf courses that. it needs children poor women and homeless you know to take care of the needs of our population to spend enormous amounts of money on the pentagon budget while we are every program is being is just fraudulent and obscene try to put it on the ground bring it out. that the four cents of every dollar americans pay in taxes goes to funding past and future war and for all the. but meanwhile the u.k. is...
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up today as the pentagon where he's expected to take charge on july 1st. in the major shift on the national security team, the president tapped pennetta for defense secretary to replace retiring robert gates. two years ago, with no background in intelligence, he took over as cia in trouble for aggressive interrogations and detention of terrorist suspects. as a former democratic congressman and clinton white house chief of staff, pennetta used his political skills to convince lawmakers to back off threats for congressional investigations. >> we're in a period where we're facing an increasingly dangerous world. >> reporter: but as defense secretary, he will now be responsible for waging an increasingly deadly war in afghanistan. a draw-down in iraq, and budget battles with capitol hill. >> the pentagon will be a new kind of challenge. remember in washington terms, the cia is a relatively small place. in washington, the pentagon dwarves everything else. >> to replace pennetta at the cia, the president has picked general david petraeus, now the top u.s. milita
up today as the pentagon where he's expected to take charge on july 1st. in the major shift on the national security team, the president tapped pennetta for defense secretary to replace retiring robert gates. two years ago, with no background in intelligence, he took over as cia in trouble for aggressive interrogations and detention of terrorist suspects. as a former democratic congressman and clinton white house chief of staff, pennetta used his political skills to convince lawmakers to back...
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it goes way beyond libya effect i'm working on a story at the moment pitting the pentagon against china this is the big story in africa for the next fifty years i would say it starts in the beginning of the two thousand creation of the african union cathy was a very important in this mechanism it was a mechanism to give a political voice to africa in terms of unified africa in terms of political decisions and not know of course economic integration then china's start investing much more than it was investing two hundred ninety nine it's over african net least thirty eight countries we have more than nine hundred projects all over africa and then came the reaction from the pentagon two thousand and seven two thousand and eight would be african command which has just launched its first african war when they launched a tomahawk three weeks ago against against tripoli basically so now this is the chess war it's the pentagon fiat african i guess the chinese investments in the middle. i will say at least fifty african governments and scrambling to see oh keep what's going to come down. that's
it goes way beyond libya effect i'm working on a story at the moment pitting the pentagon against china this is the big story in africa for the next fifty years i would say it starts in the beginning of the two thousand creation of the african union cathy was a very important in this mechanism it was a mechanism to give a political voice to africa in terms of unified africa in terms of political decisions and not know of course economic integration then china's start investing much more than it...
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donovan also had a penchant for showing up late at pentagon meetings. he would come in peccable addressed. his uniform was designed by whistles in new york. very often he would have only his medal of honor ridden so daunted as a not so subtle reminder to the rest of the camels and generals that he had the only one. but when he was out in the field with his men he would be when one of his agents said incorrigibly civilian. his uniform would be rumpled. sometimes he would wear a paisley ascots with his uniform. adopting this led him to that nowadays. i think what the masses on and was trying to convey to anybody out in the field, he was running and a conventional operation. he was an unconventional guy. for the allies there was tension as well. the british played a critical part in helping donovan form his own assess. even throughout the war very often the british intelligence sharing was much greater and more deep and his intelligence sharing with his own u.s. army. even so he had fierce fights with the british intelligence and special operations over tu
donovan also had a penchant for showing up late at pentagon meetings. he would come in peccable addressed. his uniform was designed by whistles in new york. very often he would have only his medal of honor ridden so daunted as a not so subtle reminder to the rest of the camels and generals that he had the only one. but when he was out in the field with his men he would be when one of his agents said incorrigibly civilian. his uniform would be rumpled. sometimes he would wear a paisley ascots...
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the pentagon define this new program as offensive measures to disrupt. the grid or destroy any adverse or is based capabilities. yet. oh. by. the air force academy in colorado springs for the doctrine of space control and its possible consequences our study. it's hard to change space period already without attacking so i'm afraid that if we want space we're going to have to attack and resistance which i don't know if you know much about oral mechanics but if you create a degree of in space that would just get in the way for you as well and it kind of start chain reaction and pretty soon you just have a cloud of debris surrounding earth. about six hundred thousand fragments fly through space at ten times the velocity of a rifle bullet. all these objects are traveling at fourteen thousand miles an hour so even an object the size of a pea traveling at that speed has more force than a. cannonball. right now the problem with space junk is so high that nasa is worried that if there is never another watch of anything into space it has every launch creates a lit
the pentagon define this new program as offensive measures to disrupt. the grid or destroy any adverse or is based capabilities. yet. oh. by. the air force academy in colorado springs for the doctrine of space control and its possible consequences our study. it's hard to change space period already without attacking so i'm afraid that if we want space we're going to have to attack and resistance which i don't know if you know much about oral mechanics but if you create a degree of in space that...
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to cut more exclusively out of domestic social safety net spending because we're going to extend the pentagon budget carte blanche and take that completely off the table for the rest of the year meanwhile the democratic president is out his major message about why would a government shutdown is to avoid the weighing payments pay to troops now the length hates troops would be regrettable definitely but in the democratic president saying this is the major primary reason to stop a government shutdown what he is doing is walking his party into the republican frame which says ok we'll just take through the pentagon budget and move it out of the debate over spending and deficits so that all of the debate over cutting all of the debate over spending it says is on a small portion of the budget deals with discretionary domestic spending so you've got basically both parties now working in tandem against and this is a key point against the early american people because the latest survey by reuters just a couple weeks ago showed that when the american public is asked what do you want to cut if you are de
to cut more exclusively out of domestic social safety net spending because we're going to extend the pentagon budget carte blanche and take that completely off the table for the rest of the year meanwhile the democratic president is out his major message about why would a government shutdown is to avoid the weighing payments pay to troops now the length hates troops would be regrettable definitely but in the democratic president saying this is the major primary reason to stop a government...
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use doing is walking is already into the republican frame which says ok we'll just take through the pentagon budget and move it out of the debate over spending and deficits so that all of the debate over cutting all of the debate over spending since is on a small portion of the budget deals with discretionary domestic spending so you've got basically both parties now working in tandem against and this is a key point against the will the american people because the latest survey by reuters just a couple weeks ago show that when the american public is asked what do you want to cut to deal with deficit the number one answer is the pentagon so under the cover of all this debate about a shutdown about the budget showdown about continuing resolutions because greece and the president and both parties are working to take defense spending what the public wants off the table and you would think what are the selling easy right now for democrats to come up with some kind of counter proposal to really prove right that republicans aren't doing is about the money that so much as there is about politics abo
use doing is walking is already into the republican frame which says ok we'll just take through the pentagon budget and move it out of the debate over spending and deficits so that all of the debate over cutting all of the debate over spending since is on a small portion of the budget deals with discretionary domestic spending so you've got basically both parties now working in tandem against and this is a key point against the will the american people because the latest survey by reuters just...
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if you stick around through better national security agencies the sixteen of them the cia the pentagon the state department. you many which i rather expect does not go. anybody would want to ricans themselves i think if that is an important point per day that you made you know you can disagree with their human rights record with the way they run just about everything but the fact is china is on to something when they were when we talk about the way they run their economy but they ask of our correspondent at the asia times. and that's going to do it for now but for more on the stories we covered with r.t. dot com slash usa also check out our youtube page at youtube dot com slash r.t. america and christine we will be right back here in thirty minutes. in total we would. do the work to bring justice to the table but. i have every right to know what my government's true if you want to know why i do.
if you stick around through better national security agencies the sixteen of them the cia the pentagon the state department. you many which i rather expect does not go. anybody would want to ricans themselves i think if that is an important point per day that you made you know you can disagree with their human rights record with the way they run just about everything but the fact is china is on to something when they were when we talk about the way they run their economy but they ask of our...
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the enemy was the pentagon bureaucracy. they stole the money. a lot of the money goes back in the face of the people of the united states. guest: i will have to look that up. the annual budget for the pentagon is not even $one trillion -- $1 trillion. host: $600 billion. guest: i know all departments in defense are working on savings, absolute. and we need to look at all those departments to see what can be changed to reduce some spending. that is where we have to be looking across the board. here's the truth. we need to be adults about this. i go back to comments about being mean to kids about telling the truth. when i was a psychologist, dealing with a tragedy or with serious problems in the home, sometimes the role of the doctor is to say, we have to face this problem. we cannot pretend it is going away. of theot taking care source of the pain. i know this will require some differences. half of americans pay taxes and half do not. those who cannot, we should be helping. those who will not, that is a matter that -- those folks -- we should not
the enemy was the pentagon bureaucracy. they stole the money. a lot of the money goes back in the face of the people of the united states. guest: i will have to look that up. the annual budget for the pentagon is not even $one trillion -- $1 trillion. host: $600 billion. guest: i know all departments in defense are working on savings, absolute. and we need to look at all those departments to see what can be changed to reduce some spending. that is where we have to be looking across the board....
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host: what has the pentagon said about that? guest: recruiting for the military has become easier, so their standards could go up. with that said, they have had trouble with overweight and high school diplomas, and things like that, but recently, they say the standards have gone up because the poles have been much bigger. host: we will go to mike, a democrat in charleston, south carolina. caller: the way the strategy is laid out, many of times the department of defense is forced to acquire weapons systems they do not want to buy, but it is mandated by congress. how do we get around this problem? guest: it is tricky. you see it over the fight for the alternative engine. secretary gates has said they do not need it, but the hill continues to put it in the budget. it is a constant battle between the pentagon and capitol hill. i am sure this will continue. host: "the new york times" editorial weighs in on this debate. they say the budget plan would spend $7.50 trillion on the military, and that does not include the cost of actual wa
host: what has the pentagon said about that? guest: recruiting for the military has become easier, so their standards could go up. with that said, they have had trouble with overweight and high school diplomas, and things like that, but recently, they say the standards have gone up because the poles have been much bigger. host: we will go to mike, a democrat in charleston, south carolina. caller: the way the strategy is laid out, many of times the department of defense is forced to acquire...
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guest: we did notify the pentagon. in part notified them because we wanted to see what they could tell us about the photographs, and we also notified them because we knew the reaction might potentially put troops in harm's way. we want to give them a heads up that this was coming. they mostly spoke to was off the record, so i cannot tell you what they said, but in one on the record conversation we pointed to the photographs of the men tied up beside the road, and we wanted to know if they were investigating who those men were, the circumstances under which there were killed, and whether u.s. troops were involved in the desecration of the bodies. basically the response of the pentagon is they have no way of knowing in no way of basically figuring out who the men in the photographs were. that was disturbing, because you could see from some of the related photographs that there were marks on the striker vehicles and other identifying signs that any peace investigator could have to track down what had happened in that inci
guest: we did notify the pentagon. in part notified them because we wanted to see what they could tell us about the photographs, and we also notified them because we knew the reaction might potentially put troops in harm's way. we want to give them a heads up that this was coming. they mostly spoke to was off the record, so i cannot tell you what they said, but in one on the record conversation we pointed to the photographs of the men tied up beside the road, and we wanted to know if they were...